Kosamtu via Getty Images It can be hard to notice you're irritating someone when you're not paying attention. People — whether on the playground or in the office — are often too polite to say, “Hey, you’re annoying me right now.” Instead, it shows up through subtle changes in posture, facial expressions, tone and attention. Here are the body language signs to watch for when you’re annoying someone. So behaviors like deep breaths, fidgeting or shifting in place, she said, are all physical attempts to calm the nervous system and reset when tension is building, aka when you’re annoying someone. AdvertisementIf someone suddenly starts sighing or picking at their fingernails while you’re talking, it may be their body signaling overload.

Source: Huffington Post January 22, 2026 19:39 UTC